The wear and tear of oil extraction and related equipment is a very important problem for the oil industry. Nanostructured materials can help prolong the utility of such equipment and its components.

Novomet produces electric submersible pumps (ESPs) for harsh oil well environments and reserves that are particularly hard to extract. In the production of ESP components, the company uses powder metallurgy technological processes to apply nanostructured protective and functional coatings composed of tungsten carbide with additions of aluminum and titanium oxides, chrome, and molybdenum. The coatings can improve the energy effectiveness by 20-30% and make the ESP parts more compact and highly resistant to corrosion and hydro-abrasion. Application of the nanostructured coatings on functional surfaces helps reduce the radial bearing coefficient of friction by 1.4 to 1.7 times. The Novotek powder metallurgy technological process includes operations and technologies developed and patented by the company.

Nanostructured coatings of the pump bearing bush

Cooperation with RUSNANO

The Visual Science Company has cooperated with the RUSNANO Group since 2008, creating a wide range of high quality graphic information materials. Various infographics have been designed to demonstrate the technologies developed and implemented by RUSNANO project companies. The aim of each project is to demonstrate the principle of technology, nanotechnological components of the project and the advantages of the chosen solution compared with analogues.

The work of Visual Science is carried out in a single sheet or slide format. The modular structure of the infographics makes it possible to use it both as a whole piece or as separate components, which is convenient for preparing website illustrations or project reports or publications. Thus one material helps to solve almost all the issues with illustrating the information about the project.

The target audience for these graphics includes professionals in relevant areas, and a wide range of specialists in different fields without a technical background. Scientific accuracy, combined with the optimum degree of generalization allow for communicating equally effectively with target audiences with different background.

All the graphics have been used by the RUSNANO Group for 5 years or more. As usual, the feature of the Visual Science workflow includes the entire spectrum of tasks ranging from analyzing the scientific literature of the project to the preparation of the final graphics on the company’s side that allows saving valuable time of our customers.

The Visual Science team demonstrated high level of professionalism and creativity. They successfully set the priorities and rapidly reacted to remarks. All the work was finished on time. We recommend this company to everybody.